Friday, March 18, 2005
PETA and the Fishing Column - Added Thoughts
I continue to have this story (see March 16 - "Fortune Caps and PETA",below) gnaw at me. Think about what PETA is doing. They are protesting the writing of a fishing column. The writing of it. How far off the edge of the scale of reasonable animal protection does their protest go?
I saw two bumper stickers today, on the same car. One read "Humans aren't the only species on Earth. We just act like it." On the other side of the bumper was a PETA sticker.
I think we live in a pretty good, harmonious balance with nature (See March 11 - "Feral Cat story below). And I acknowledge we aren't the only species on Earth. I think we can agree about that. But is there any reason we shouldn't 'act like it'? If we don't, who should? Does that sticker suggest we should let deer vote and drive? Perhaps bring farm animals to the casinos and the theater with us? Let our dogs and cats run for public office -- okay, okay, I know that one is a good idea in many cases, but.....
While I don't think anyone needs, or should have, a lion, or tiger, or leopard fur coat - we don't need their skins to stay warm. If someone wants a mink coat, I have no problem with that. If you've ever seen minks, and I have, they are nothing more than nasty, aggressive, ugly rats with an incredibly nice fur coat. They are raised for the purpose of their fur. Zap 'em - I don't care.
And while I think all of our domesticated animals should be taken care of, and fed, and given shelter; and that laws to prosecute those who deliberately avoid taking care of their pets, or who deliberately are cruel or inhumane should be prosecuted - I'm sorry - PETA has, with this move - and this present focus on asking a newspaper to give up their First Amendment Right to print a fishing column, solidified themselves as a political group than has gone off the edge of reasonableness. Far, far, far off the edge of reasonableness.
(c) 2005
I saw two bumper stickers today, on the same car. One read "Humans aren't the only species on Earth. We just act like it." On the other side of the bumper was a PETA sticker.
I think we live in a pretty good, harmonious balance with nature (See March 11 - "Feral Cat story below). And I acknowledge we aren't the only species on Earth. I think we can agree about that. But is there any reason we shouldn't 'act like it'? If we don't, who should? Does that sticker suggest we should let deer vote and drive? Perhaps bring farm animals to the casinos and the theater with us? Let our dogs and cats run for public office -- okay, okay, I know that one is a good idea in many cases, but.....
While I don't think anyone needs, or should have, a lion, or tiger, or leopard fur coat - we don't need their skins to stay warm. If someone wants a mink coat, I have no problem with that. If you've ever seen minks, and I have, they are nothing more than nasty, aggressive, ugly rats with an incredibly nice fur coat. They are raised for the purpose of their fur. Zap 'em - I don't care.
And while I think all of our domesticated animals should be taken care of, and fed, and given shelter; and that laws to prosecute those who deliberately avoid taking care of their pets, or who deliberately are cruel or inhumane should be prosecuted - I'm sorry - PETA has, with this move - and this present focus on asking a newspaper to give up their First Amendment Right to print a fishing column, solidified themselves as a political group than has gone off the edge of reasonableness. Far, far, far off the edge of reasonableness.
(c) 2005
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